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Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag was detected near Ocotillo in CA

Posted by admin on February 6, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.4435S, -116.0186667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ocotillo in CA on Tuesday. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:06:34 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/02/18 / 2018-02-06 10:06:34 / February 6, 2018 @ 10:06 am. Exact location of event, depth 0.54 km, -116.0186667° West, 32.4435° North. Unique identifier: ci38100784. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38100784. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.54 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Delta, Terrazas del Valle, Brawley. Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km S of Ocotillo, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.0186667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.4435° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km S of Ocotillo, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-06 10:06:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-06 10:12:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 143 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.11 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38100784 Id of event.
Event Code 38100784 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38100784, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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